Thursday, March 20, 2014

Famous for playing 'Emma Peel' in British 60's TV series The Avengers, when Diana Rigg isn't playing 'Olenna Tyrell' in Game of Thrones these days, she also found time to guest-star in Doctor Who's seventh season episode, The Crimson Horror, as the sinister 'Mrs. Gillyflower'.

Costume worn by Diana Rigg as Mrs. Gillyflower

in Doctor Who's The Crimson Horror on display

In this episode the time-traveling 'Eleventh Doctor' and his Companion 'Clara Oswald' join Silurian 'Madame Vastra', 'Jenny Flint' and their Sontaran butler 'Strax' and travel to Yorkshire in 1893 to discover the secret of 'Mrs. Winifred Gillyflower's' Sweetville community after a series of mysterious deaths. Turns out Mrs. Gillyflower's never-before-seen partner, 'Mr. Sweet', is a parasitic prehistoric red leech which has formed a symbiotic relationship with its host and plans to spread its poison via a rocket launched over the skies of England.Howard Burden was Costume Designer on this episode and this black outfit and rocket control console prop were photographed on display at the Doctor Who Experience in Cardiff Bay, Wales on December 9, 2013.

This episode was also special as it starred real-life mother and daughter, Diana Rigg and Rachael Stirling (who plays Mrs Gillyflower's on screen blind daughter 'Ada') for the first time together.